Long Winding Road
EdxOC &AlxOC
Edited: 8/3/12
The sun was already setting when Kane and Mikayla stood up.
"We're heading inside," Kane said. "You'll be fine for the next hour?"
Nami nodded and went back to attempting to create a flame. Nami had been working with Kane for a week and had gained some of his trust. He gave her a pair of gloves to practice with and told her to create a flame. She had been trying for almost twenty minutes now and got nothing.
She was just about to give up when she saw a figure approaching the house. She stood up quickly and got into a defensive stance.
Kane and Mikayla walked back inside to fix dinner. Kane made a simple chicken noddle soup and while it was boiling, Mikayla and Reena were talking about the training and... Ed.
"Really you should try and go visit him some more. You barely speak to him," Reena said as if she was trying to scold Mikayla.
Mikayla shook her head, "I'm here for training. I don't see why you're so hell bent on us hanging out."
Kane ladled the soup into bowls and served the three of them-ignoring their girl talk.
Reena pouted, "I just think you should spend more time with each other, that's all."
"Oh just eat your soup and keep your nose out of my business before I Avada Kedavra you." Mikayla said, rolling her eyes.
Reena scrunched up her nose and said sarcastically, "Yes mother." she then looked confused, "What does Avada Kedavra mean?"
"Don't worry about it," Mikayla said bluntly, "Just know you don't want it to happen to you."
"You're from the other day," Nami said as she walked closer to the figure, noticing the white hat. "Care to tell me what you want?"
Michelle looked at Nami and remembered she knew nothing about the BC (Blade Children). She was just there to kidnap Mikayla and be on her way but that was going to prove as a challenge. Though she did have that letter to give to her from Scarlett... Hm...
Michelle took the note out of her pocket and held it out towards Nami, "This is a letter from Scarlett."
Nami grabbed it quickly and tucked it away.
"Alright, now why else are you here?" she asked. "Scarlett would have come to find me herself if she needed to tell me something."
I need to find a way around this girl, Michelle thought, brown eyes narrowing.
"Scarlett was busy," she said shortly. "She wanted me to deliver the note."
"Okay," Nami said, still keeping an eye on the girl. "Thanks. I guess you can leave now, right?"
She watched the girl nod and head back down the path before going back to what she was doing.
Since I'm not very good and I don't want to injure myself, I better head to the pond in the back, Nami thought before heading towards the backyard. She stood near the pond, back turned to the woods.
Michelle glanced at the wooded area that would loop back around to Kane's house. She made sure Nami wasn't following her before darting into the wooded area that would lead her behind Kane's house.
Luckily her room is towards the back of the house. She thought, the house coming into view.
Michelle cursed softly and hid behind a tree when she saw Nami walk to the back.
I have to get around you again? She thought.
As quietly as she could, she crouched down behind some bushes and peered out to see if there were any entrances other than the front door or a window she could go through. She noticed some windows that would lead into the basement but knew that would be too big of a risk since Nami was standing not far away.
I have a feeling I'm going to have to fight this girl. She thought warily.
Nami didn't stop trying to create a flame until she heard something behind her.
"Who is it?" she called. After no respond, she shrugged and went back to training.
Michelle decided it would be better to go in through the basement window that was around the front. She darted back through the woods and back towards the front of the house. Her job was to kidnap Mikayla and attempt not to kill anyone in the process. Once she was in front of the house she cautiously made her way to the basement window.
Nami reach for her bag but paused. Where is it? She wondered. Oh, around the front where I left it. She arrived around the front to see Michelle.
"Just a messenger, huh?"
Michelle smirked, "Yeah, among other things. Just go back to your training."
Her hands twitched - ready to get her gloves out of her pocket. She could just use the circles on her hands to make things explode like her late uncle but she preferred gloves because it hurt less.
"If you knew Scarlett well enough, you would know this isn't training," Nami said, clapping her hands together and creating a wall of spikes between Michelle and the house.
Michelle put on her gloves and put her hand on one of the spikes - making in explode into pieces. "Really? Well then I think you should start training because those flames you were making were pathetic."
She touched another spike and made it explode. "Oh and just to tell you, spikes can't stop me. I have a knack of making them explode."
Nami smirked slightly, her darker side coming out. She enjoyed fighting a little too much.
"They were just needed as a distraction," she said before rushing at Michelle, putting her hands together and creating a wall that shoved Michelle farther away from the house. She got close enough to strike but didn't, staying just out of Michelle's arm range.
Michelle's smirk turned sinister. "Hehe I'm going to have fun!"
She clapped her hands and held them out. The air thickened and the spikes all exploded. "Like I said, I have a knack for making them explode."
Michelle made the ground near Nami explode so she could run and get closer to the house. 'I really wish I could just kill her.' She thought.
Nami transmuted a block and used that to jump over the explosions, then doing a somersault before charging at Michelle. She went to attack her but moved at the last minute, appearing on the other side of the girl.
"Kimblee's daughter huh?" Nami raised an eyebrow. "He was a crazy yet skilled alchemist."
"Nope, not his daughter," Michelle said, "His niece."
She held her hands out and put an explosion between her and Nami - pushing them away from each other. She needed to find a way to get around Nami without killing her.
If I don't get Mikayla I don't get my money! She groaned. But I'm not allowed to kill the girl. Damn I might just need to leave.
Nami jumped back. "Well you aren't that smart I guess," she said, shrugging. "I mean you could have just found a way around me but you put yourself farther from the house and," she paused, "I hear Kane coming."
"Ah yes, but I'm not allowed to kill anyone." Michelle said bluntly. "My version of getting around you is killing you. And good for Kane being home, I heard he's half the reason my uncle is dead so I would gladly kill him."
She looked at the house that was causing her all this trouble. She had enough money to get her through the month and she knew the BC needed her skills so even if she failed they wouldn't kill her.
"Kill him?" Nami asked. "First you'd have to take on two alchemist, then Reena and Mikayla would join. You'd be outnumbered. You might as well leave."
Michelle looked at her blankly, "Do you not understand that I can just make you explode? What do you think my uncle did in the Ishballen war? Made people by the dozen explode! I mean really you, Kane, Reena, and Mikayla could all fight me, be my guest, but I could just make you go boom!"
She shook her head - just noticing how much she wanted to make someone explode. She was very mentally unstable.
"Ah well, I think I'm gonna leave. Have fun cleaning up the have demolished yard."
With that she picked up her white hat that she dropped on the ground and headed up the path towards the train station. She's on the list, she thought, taking out her notebook titled: People to Explode.
Nami smirked once the girl was gone.
"You can't kill two of us, remember?" she said to the empty space where Michelle was.
She clapped her hands the put them on the ground, turning everything back to normal. She stood up as Kane walked outside.
"I heard something," Kane said. "What happened?"
"Nothing, just practicing," Nami lied, going back to her usual self, "Just practicing."
"How is it coming?"
"Excellent," Nami said. "See?"
She slipped the glove on and snapped her fingers, holding out her palm.
It was a flame.
Author's Corner:
~Hehe I snuck in a Harry Potter reference. I felt like it was needed.
~So basically after this chapter everything is in 3rd person- sorry for the whole 1st person here and 3rd person over there thing.